Productive Red Robin Tomato in a Bounty
Grow log by Shawn · Original thread
What you can learnA complete compact-tomato cycle from rapid germination through flowering, heavy fruit set, repeated fresh use, final harvest, and planned termination.
Useful practices
- supplementing standard nutrients with Mooch
- removing ageing dark leaves
- waiting for fruit colour change
- ending the plant after the final harvest when flowering ceased
Problems encountered
- older dark-brown leaves
- flower and bud production eventually stopped
*The days were calculated automatically and approximately.
They are gorgeous little tomatoes! I'm glad you had such a nice run with them.
I wish I had some of those right now!
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Love that shot of the little toms! Your project is coming along great.
They are adorable! The next time I think I'll plant tomatoes in the Harvest instead of tying up the Bounty, too. I didn't realize how truly small the Red Robins and Windowbox Reds were.
I have not updated this in a while.Mark really likes these. They are "pop-able". He walks by and pops a few in his mouth. I just plucked a nice sized bowl of them. I am going to make a tomato cucumber salad with some red onion, fresh basil, black olives, salt and pepper. Add in some EVOO and red wine vinegar... mix and chill. We will have that with dinner tonight.I was going to take a picture but all the bright red ripe ones are gone.
The salad sounds fantastic!
Oh I forgot I also add in cubed parmesan cheese. I get the block and cut it up into snall cubes and mix it in,
Ah! That would truly make it shine!
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WOW!!!
I have so many tomatoes on this plant. I find more with every leaf I lift. I can't wait to see them grow and change colors.
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Awwww! The first tom is always so exciting! And lots more on the way!
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Wow that plant really popped up there and even has buds now...
They look so happy--and I see that little yellow ray of sunshine!
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Healthy pretty , cute little plant!
I think tiny little tomato plants are the cutest seedlings! I love watching them get fuzzy.
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Ah...made that little lit for easy pod cover removal later on I see!
Yes, I do that for all my labels now.
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Awwwww! So glad you posted the little robin!
It has germinated and at the label. Should be above tomorrow. Isn't that fast? Picture will be posted tomorrow.